Senior System Management Architect

Responsibilities

• System Architecture & Flow Definition: Define and document comprehensive production, provisioning, update, recovery and reset flows for SmartNIC cards. Crucially, you will ensure that these board-level architectural decisions perfectly align with and support overarching platform-level needs, orchestrating seamless…
• Security & Provisioning: Specify security provisioning flows including OTP fusing, secure boot enablement, attestation key injection, certificate chain management, RPMC key derivation, and PQC (Post-Quantum Cryptography) requirements. Define IPN-to-OPN transition and component locking procedures.
• Protocol Implementation & Guidance: Specify the use of standard management protocols (MCTP, PLDM, SPDM, NC-SI) across internal board interfaces to achieve secure boot, firmware updates, and telemetry gathering.
• Hardware/Software Intersect: Dive deep into device-level hardware and software behaviour. Define CPLD logic requirements, power-sequencing dependencies, and reset orchestration (e.g., handling PCIe PERST#, SBR, and forced resets) for multi-host and standalone SmartNIC environments.
• Interface Management: Architect intra-board communication pathways using PCIe, I2C/I3C, USB, and SPI, ensuring robust out-of-band (OOB) and in-band management connectivity.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Collaborate tightly with Production teams, Hardware and Firmware Engineering, NIC FW/Driver teams, and QA to translate your architectural specifications into implementable, testable realities.
• Technical Documentation: Author rigorous technical specifications, test plans, and architectural design documents to guide both development and factory production.
• What we need to see
• Deep System-Level Perspective: Proven ability to understand complex computing or networking systems top-to-bottom, with a specific background in SmartNIC boards, chassis, or network tray architectures.

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